As the Spaniards found out that they had talked, they interrogated París to find the whereabouts of the Patriot general, giving him several blows that left him lying unconscious in his room, but without obtaining the persecuted information.

Captured Cabal, París was taken to Popayán, where his execution sentence was commuted to prison, remaining in the Cárcel Grande de Bogotá until the victory of the liberating army over the Royalists in the Battle of Boyacá (1819).

With the establishment of the dictatorship of his niece's husband Rafael Urdaneta, the confidence that his name inspired led to his being asked as a negotiator by the troops that rebelled in favor of the government of Joaquín Mosquera, deposed by the coup d'état.

His brother Joaquín París, learned that the Santa Ana silver mine was successfully operating near his Peñas Blancas farm in Honda, went for advice and found the English engineer George Cheyne, who recommended the open pit system, achieving Don Pepe at From its implementation, an extraction of gems that made him one of the most distinguished men of his time.

The government decided to lease them back, placing the responsibility on Juan Sordo Girardot, who ceded his rights to the Esmeraldas Mining Company made up of Antonio and Silvestre Samper Agudelo, Wenceslao Pizano, José María Gómez Restrepo, Temístocles Paredes, Francisco Noguera, Manuel Uribe Toro, Guillermo Uribe, Jorge Holguín, Carlos Martín, Carlos Bonitto, Eusebio Bernal and José Antonio Obregón.

In 1904 the exploitation passed to a Colombian syndicate chaired by Laureano García Ortiz and in 1905 the commercialization of emeralds was separated, being in charge of the Cortés Comercial Banking house with address in London.

The philanthropic vocation of Paris led him to promote the demolition of the old houses that threatened ruin on the western side of the main square of Bogotá, seeking to improve the surroundings of this important public place.

Resident in the United States shortly after independence was achieved, he met the Spanish José María Barrionuevo, sponsoring his trip to New Granada to improve the Army's weapons.

The precariousness of his situation, since he did not obtain profits from his emerald business, led Bolívar to leave the Portocarrero country house in his care, a property that the Bogota society had presented to the Liberator with the victory in Boyacá.

In the September conspiracy, although Paris was not in the San Carlos Palace, there are references that Manuela Saenz reminded Bolívar that he could escape through the window that Pepe París had once said was good for jumping.

Tenerani's final proposal was complemented by the cape of José Ignacio París, who, upon visiting his workshop, inadvertently threw his clothing on the unfinished model, giving the famous sculptor what had made him dissatisfied with the creation of he.

In October 1846 the tumors reappeared in Don Pepe's left arm, and his limb had to be amputated on the recommendation of the doctor Ricardo Cheyne, who gave him two more years to live if he underwent surgery.

In July 1848, he finalized the contract for the exploitation of the Muzo mines, which he was able to liquidate in peace and safe from his obligations to the Government, and he died three months before the prognosis of Dr. Cheyne was fulfilled.